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CHAPTER 1
Introduction 3
CHAPTER 2
Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy 11
1. Life Expectancy in Korea 11
2. Methods of Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy 14
3. Health-Related Quality of Life 15
4. Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy in Korea 21
CHAPTER 3
Gains in HALE after Eliminating Stroke
and Risk Factors 29
1. Methods 29
2. Diabetes-eliminated HALE Gains 31
3. Hypertension-eliminated HALE Gains 36
4. Stroke-eliminated HALE Gains 40
CHAPTER 4
Summary and Conclusion 55
1. Differences between Life Expectancy and Health-Adjusted
Life Expectancy 55
2. Policy Implications and Suggestions 59
References 61